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LETTER BOX. No. 413,928; Patented 0011.29, 1889..

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WILLIAM COOKfOFYNEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND PAUL D. REED,OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming of Letters Patent NO. 413,928, dated October 29,1889.

Application filed January 8, 1889- To all whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM 000K, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Letter-Box, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. p 1

My invention relates to street letter-boxes of the class employed by thePost-Office Department of the United States, the object of the inventionbeing to prevent the withdrawal of the contents of the boxes byunauthorized persons; and to this end the invention consists,essentially, of a box formed with a receiving and with a stowagecompartment, said compartments being separated at times by leaves whichare moved to a position such as to constitute the bottom of thereceiving-compartment and the top of the stowage-compartment, thismovement of the leaves being brought about by connections between saidleaves and a slide that is arranged in connection with a letter orpackage receiving opening, all as will be hereinafter more fullyexplained, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a cross-sectional view of my im proved letter-box, the partsbeing represented as they appear when the receiving-opening is closed byits slide and parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is asimilar view, theparts, however, being represented as they appear when the slide whichnormally closes the receivingopening is raised,th ese two views beingtaken on line a: 00 of Fig. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on line y yof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal sectional View, the partsbeing represented as they appear in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the slide.

In the drawings, 10 represents a box or case of any desired form orconstruction, the box, however, being preferably made of sheet or castmetal. At one side, and near the lower part of the box, there'isprovided a door 11,

and at one end, and above the center of the box, there is areceiving-opening a. The opening a is normally closed by a slide 12,which SerialNo. 295,756. (No model.)

rides upon vertical ribs or flanges 13, and is provided with anoutwardly-extending thumbpiece 14. The slide 12 is provided withdownwardly-extending arms 15, that are connected by alongitudinally-slotted cross-bar 16. Just below the opening a, I mountleaves 17, the

outer edges of said leaves being turned over to form eyes 2, throughwhich eyes there are passed rods 3; or the leaves might be hinged withinthe case. In connection with the leaves I arrange arms 18,which normallybear against the outer faces of the leaves, as shown in Fig. 1, thesearms being pivotally connected to the case and arranged so that theyextend upward through the longitudinal slot 12' of the cross-bar 16. Atthe lower edge of the opening a there is arranged an inwardly-extendinglip.19.

From the construction above described it will be seen that if the slide12 be raised the defining end walls of the slot 6 will bear against thearms 18, and said arms in turn will bear against the under or outersides of the leaves 17, and said leaves will be moved to the position inwhich they are shown in.

above the leaves 17 and a stowage-compartmentB below said leaves, thetwo compartments being separated by the leaves 17 when- --ever the slideis raised to clear the opening a,

which said opening leads to the compartment A, so that all tampering byunauthorized per sons with the contents of the compartment B isprevented. It willbe noticed that the edges of the leaves 17 closelyabut when they are moved to the position shown in Fig. 2. In practicethis joint would be so fine as to prevent the introduction of a pryingimplement, and as the leaves abut against the under side of the lip 19it will be impossible to force such an implement under the ends of theleaves. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a case providedwith areceiving-opening, of a slide normally covering said opening, leavespivotally connected to the case Walls, and pivotallymounted arms whichbear against the leaves and against which the slide bears, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination, with a case, of leaves hinged therein, armspivotally mounted within the case beneath the leaves, a slide arrangedin connection with an opening formed in the case, and connectionsbetween the slide and the arms,whereby when the slide is raised the armswill be moved inward and the leaves upward, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a case formed with an opening a and a lip 19,of a slide mounted to normally close the opening a and formed withdownwardly-extendin g arms that are connected to alongitudinally-slotted crossbar, arms pivotally mounted within the caseand arranged to extend upward through the cross-bar slot, and leavespivotally mounted above the arms and below the ease-lip, allarrangedsubstantially as described.

WILLIAM COOK. Witnesses:

EDWARD KENT, J12, C. SEDGWICK.

